Heading tab for journals and the like



July 10, 1934.' DUNMNG 1,965,797

HEADING TAB FOR JOURNALS AND THE LIKE Filed May 23, 1953 I lgi 4' 2\ #0 2/ 90 Merrick TDunmny Patented July 10, 1934 UNITED STATES READING TAB F iIgEIJRNALS AND Merrick Dunning, Seattle, Wash.

Application May 23, 1933, Serial No. 572,431

5 Glaims.

My invention. relates to heading indicators, and

is intended for :use in connection with journals,

ledgers, and the like.

r in such books of account .the pages are ruled Q in icolunms, and it is necessary for the accountant .to make the appropriate entries :at the head of each ;column. Identical entries are usually made at the head of similarly placed columns on :each of the pages, but it is ordinarily not feasible :to do :this by printing nor by typing, yet it consumes considerable time, and it is an object oi this invention to provide means whereby a single :heading .card canibe legibly, neatly and quickly-made for use in conjunction with each page of the book, and to support the same in such a way that it can be brought into operative relationship, that is to say, positioned at the top of each page when and as needed, and at other times can be kept out of the way, permitting the pages to be turned 1 freely.

It is also an object to provide such a heading indicator which is simply and inexpensively made and easily applied when needed, and one which can be made up in a form which can be made to 1251 fit easily any size of page.

My invention comprises the novel indicator as a whole and the novel support therefor, and also the novel combination of journal or like book with such an indicator, all as shown in the ac- :30j companying drawing, described in this specification, and defined by the claims.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown my invention embodied in an illustrative form such as is at present preferred by me.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a journal page with such an indicator in place at the head of one of the pages.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 is a detail section along a plane from as top to bottom of such a page, showing the indicator in position with relation to the page.

The book ordinarily comprises a cover 20 enclosing a plurality of pages 2, which pages are ordinarily ruled by lines and columns. I shall describe my invention as employed in conjunction with the columns, although it will be evident that it might also be employed in conjunction with the transverse lines, should there be any occasion to provide headings for the correspond- 1 ing lines on a number of different pages.

The heading indicator comprises in essence a card 1, which may take the form of a strip of cardboard or the like, received within a holder which supports the card in position to be read.

'5 In the form illustrated the holder consists of a channel of pyroxylin or like transparent mate rial. This :is illustrated at .3. T0 or between the edges of the channeled member "3 is inserted the edge of a strip of flexible material, for instance cloth, illustrated :at 4, and this cloth is secured nrefenably to both legs of the channeled mem-, her .3, thus leaving a :fiat tunnel of .a size and shape to receive the card ,1, but engaging the same z-sufficiently to retain it position.

The flexible strip dis of such width, between this edge that -is secured to the holder .3 and the opposite edge, that this opposite edge may be secured to a member \of the book, preferably the il-y leaf 2-1,, as illustrated- ;at 4 0, and yet have sufficient material intervening that the card and holder can be folded over a considerable number of the pages 2, and can be shifted longitudinally as may be required to register with the columns on any given page. Thus in Figure 3 there is shown a loop of material at 41 which would permit the inclusion of pages in addition to those shown between the holder and the fly leaf to which the flexible strip is secured.

The card 1, which can be cut to any length desired (as can also the channel 3 and the flexible strip 4) is removed and there are typed upon it the various headings for the columns of the page 2, these headings being spaced to correspond to the spacing of the column, which of course must be substantially the same on the several pages with which the card is to be used. The card is then reinserted within the channel, and can be read through the transparent pyroxylin, or in any other suitable manner is supported in a manner that it can be exposed for reading.

Now when it is desired to make an entry upon any given page, the book is opened to this page, the card and holder are folded over the edge of the page, whereupon the headings upon the card become aligned with the respective columns. To avoid displacement of the card and holder, and to hold it down when the book pages are bowed, as frequently occurs in tightly bound books, any simple means may be employed such "as the ordinary paper clip illustrated at 5 in Figure 1. The excess material in the strip 41 permits some lengthwise displacement of the card, as might be necessary in some instances. The appropriate entries can be made upon this page, and if an entry is to be made on another page the card and holder are merely thrown back, the new page turned up, and the card and holder again folded over the top of the new page.

When the book is to be put away the holder can be left in place or it can be folded back and folded under the fly leaf or between any adjacent pages, where it is out of the way and does not interfere with the storing of the book. In referring to the book, the pages can be turned freely, and when the proper page is reached the holder can be immediately thrown into position.

While, as I previously mentioned, this indicator has been described as used at the top of columns, it may also be employed in conjunction with the several lines of a page, and further, while it has been described as secured to the book element along an edge parallel to that by which it is secured to the channel 3, it might be secured along one of the side edges or ends of the strips to fold over endwise. Also it is not essential that it be supported from the fly leaf, but it can be secured to any of the leaves of the book or to the cover thereof. If secured to an intermediate leaf, the card might be difierently printed or typed on opposite sides, and one side could be used with pages at one side of the supporting leaf, and the opposite side of the card would correspond to pages opposite the first.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In combination with a plurality of columnruled pages in a journal or the like, a holder wherein may be received a heading card bearing headings for the'several columns, whereby the card may be exposed to be read, and flexible means supporting said holder and secured at one edge to the journal, whereby the card and holder can be folded over an edge of any selected page to correspond with the columns ruled thereon.

2. The combination of claim 1, wherein the flexible means is secured to the fly leaf of the journal.

3. The combination with the cover and a plurality of column-ruled pages secured within such cover to constitute a journal or the like, a holder wherein may be received a heading card bearing headings for the several columns, whereby the card may be exposed to be read, and flexible means one edge of which supports the holder and the opposite edge of which is secured to a page of the book, substantially for the purpose described.

4. A heading indicator for journals and the like, comprising a transparent holder, wherein may be received a card bearing headings corresponding to columns of the journal with which it is to be used, and a strip of cloth or like flexible material secured along one edge to the holder, and adapted to be secured along its opposite edge to the book, said cloth strip being of a width, between the two edges mentioned, to fold over a plurality of pages of the book, when secured thereto.

5. A heading indicator for journals and the like, comprising a holder wherein may be received a card bearing headings corresponding to columns of the journal, and a strip of cloth or like flexible material secured along one edge to the holder, and adapted to be secured along its opposite edge to the book, whereby the holder may be swung aside to permit the pages to be turned, and folded over to lie upon any selected page, with the headings on' the card received therein in registry with the corresponding columns of such page.

MERRICK T. DUNNING. 

